Among the 60+ sessions at this year’s conference in Hartford, we’ve reserved one slot for a very special “People’s Choice” presentation on Friday, November 18, at 2:15 pm. The lucky presenter will have the stage to say anything they want (as long as it has something to do with museums). It might be a solo presentation, a group endeavor, even an artistic performance.

TO VOTE

Just click here to view short videos produced by the candidates, then vote for your favorite by clicking “Like.” You can watch the winning presenter have their “45 Minutes of Fame” on at the NEMA Conference on Friday, November 18 at 2:15 pm.

Deadline for voting is October 28.

All you have to do is submit a short video to us (no more than two minutes), describing why you deserve the stage at the NEMA conference. We’ll post it to YouTube, where the NEMA community will vote on their favorite. Whoever gets the most votes wins their “45 Minutes of Fame!”

So get your ideas polished and your camera rolling!

Break a leg!

1. Create your video, using the Official Submission Rules (below).
2. Upload it to YouTube.
3. Tag your video “NEMAHARTFORD”
4. Email Heather A. Riggs (heather.riggs@nemanet.org) with the URL of your video. (She’ll post it to the NEMA Channel on YouTube.)
5. You’re finished! Now all you have to do is encourage your friends to vote for your video by “liking” it on YouTube. If you get the most votes, you win!

1. Your video must be no longer than two minutes, explaining what you want to present at the NEMA conference (a special 45-minute session on Friday, November 18, 2011), how your presentation will benefit attendees, and why you think you should win.
2. Your proposed conference session may be on any topic and in any format you wish as long as it has some connection to the museum community.
3. Your video must not infringe on any third party copyright or violate the rights of any person (including their privacy or publicity rights). Make sure that you only use content in your video that you are authorized to use. If you use content that you are not authorized to use, you are not entitled to submit a video to this project. Your video (and subsequent conference presentation, if you win) must reflect the professional standards of NEMA.
4. NEMA reserves the exclusive right to reject any entry that violates these rules, any terms, conditions, or policies of YouTube, or that, in NEMA’s sole discretion, portrays NEMA in an adverse light or otherwise contains inappropriate materials or themes.